The Man Responsible For Modernizing China's Railway System Has Been Ousted For 'Extreme Corruption'

Liu Zhijun, the former Railways Minister in China and once one of
the country's most important men, has been ousted from the
Communist Party of China (CPC) after being found guilty of
corruption, official
paper People's Daily reports.

Allegations of extreme corruption seems be something Bo and Liu
have in common at very least. The Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection declared Liu "morally corrupted" and state
mouthpiece People's Daily said he was responsible for "severe
corruption in the railways system".

Liu oversaw China's vast (and frequently used) railway system
between 2003-2011, and oversaw a huge infrastructure investment,
notably including High Speed Rail (HSR),
International Business Times reports.

That dream had fallen apart in 2011 when HSR lines began running
slow trains out of safety concerns, and a Japanese firm sued over
claims that the HSR trains had copied their bullet train
technology. The
Beijing Times has a timeline of disasters that lead to Liu's
ousting, that includes both a crash in 2008 that killed 70 and
another that killed 40 in 2011, with an investigation after the
second reporting that the Liu bore responsibility.